I think that simple wagging movements can be done with fk quit easily.
IK is very usefull if you only want to give the beginning and the end of the
tail bones. The computer should find out the locations of all the other
parts. I'm working on a (simple) furring thing doing something like this.

Maybe some interpolation technique would be another possibility.


"Greg M. Johnson" <gregj:-)565### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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> "Apache" <apa### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
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> > I'm afraid that using IK (Inverse Kinematics) will be the best way of
> doing
> > that.
> >
>
> Really?  IK surely makes the most sense for hip-knee-foot, but does it
> really for hip-middle_tail-middle_tail-middle_tail-end_of_tail?
>
> I think a tail flows via pure FK.  The question is in choosing the right
> time sequence for the wag.
>
>

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